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Pinto bean soup with mint & pine nuts

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Categories: Herbs & Spices, Mint, Nuts, Soups & Stews, Vegetarian
Yield: 6
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Ingredients:
2 cupPinto or Anasazi beans
- soaked overnight
1 tbspSunflower or light olive oil
1 smallOnion, finely minced
1 tspNew Mexican red chile
10 cupWater
Salt
1 cupHalf and half
2 tbspChopped cilantro
2 tbspChopped parsley
2 tbspChives, minced, -=OR=-
4 -Scallions, finely sliced
2 tbspPine nuts
- toasted in a dry pan
Procedures:
1Soak the beans overnight; drain.
2Transfer to a large soup pot, cover the beans with fresh water.
3Bring to a boil for 5 minutes, then drain and rinse them.
4Warm the oil in the soup pot, add the onion and chile and briefly cook together.
5Next add the beans, 10 cups of water and bring to a boil.
6Simmer until beans are tender, about 45 minutes for new beans, longer for older beans.
7Season to taste with salt, then continue cooking until they are completely soft.
8Puree half the beans and cooking liquid at a time in the blender until smooth.
9Return the puree to the pot.
10Add the cream and reheat.
11Chop toasted pine nuts finely.
12Stir in the chopped herbs, reserving some of the chives.
13Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the remaining chives and the pine nuts.
14deborah madison, "prodigy guest chefs cookbook"
 
 
 
 

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